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THE AMERICAN FARMER. 



LANGSHANS. 



THE Langshans are natives of Northern China. Although they were introduced into 

 England in 1872, where they were generally regarded with favor, they have not been 

 much known in this country until within the last four or five years; yet the limited 

 acquaintance we have had with them, and from what our worthy brother across the water 

 &quot;John Bull,&quot; says of them also, we have no doubt they will take high rank among our 

 first-class fowls, and prove what they promise, a valuable acquisition to our poultry breeds. 

 They are large, like all the Asiatic breeds, and somewhat resemble the Black Cochin, though 

 in many respects entirely different; the tail is longer and the comb larger than that of the 

 Cochin; the eggs are also very different from the latter, being specked, or mottled, and they 



LANGSHANS. 



Owned by Maj. A. C. Croad, Durrington, Worthing, England. 



are also a more active fowl than the Cochin. The comb is single and straight, bright red, and 

 deeply and evenly serrated ; the head small for the size of the bird, and full over the eye like 

 the Brahma. The plumage is a beautiful greenish black, with metallic reflections. The color 

 of the legs, which are well feathered on the outside. is a purplish black, or dark slate, 

 while between the toes and scales it is of a decidedly pink tinge. They are full and deep in 

 body; the breast being broad and carried well forward, as in the Dorking, while the general 

 contour is round and deep like the Brahma. The average weight of cocks is from nine to 



